Mail-bag-transferring device.



D. P. KELLER. MAIL BAG TRANSFERRING DEVICE.

APPLICATION EILED No'v. 25, 1912.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

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MAIL-BAG-TRANSFERRING DEVICE.

Application filed November 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DALLAS F. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lamoni, in the county of Decatur and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Bag-Transferring Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mail bag transferring device.

An object of my invention is to provide means whereby mail bags and the like may be transferred from a moving vehicle to a stationary structure or vice versa, efficiently.

Another object of my invention is to provide means adapted for the above mentioned purposes which means are simple in construction and are constructed in such a manner as to assure their durability.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a mail bag transferring device which device is constructed of but a few parts thereby assuring its eflicient operation.

A. still further object of my invention is to provide a device of the foregoing nature which is simple in construction and one which does not require skilled laborers to operate.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention relates to such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a part thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a part of my invention. Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a detail.

In the accompanying drawings which fully illustrate the preferred form of my invention the numeral 1 designates the body of an ordinary coach which body is revolubly supported by means of the wheels 2, the said wheels being in turn adapted to travel Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Serial No. 733,360.

upon the rails 3. In carrying my invention into practice, I position upon the coach 1 the brackets 41: through which brackets extend the rods 5. Connected to the rods 5 at their upper and lower ends are the arms 6 which arms are braced by means of the brace rods 7.

For the purpose of limiting the movement of the arms 6 the chains 8 are provided. Positioned upon the outer ends of the arms 6 are the rings 9 which rings are adapted to be connected to the adjacent ends of the cables 10 which cables are in turn adapted to support the mail receptacle 11.

For the purpose of transferring the mail receptacle 11 from the above specifically described device, I provide a device clearly shown in Fig. 3. This device comprises a body portion 12 into which entrance is had through the door 13 which is hingedly connected thereto as shown at 14.

Extending slightly upwardly and slightly to the side of the body portion 12 are the hollow members 15 which hollow members are connected together by means of the beam 16 and are supported by the standards 17.

For the purpose of cutting the cable 10 so the mail receptacle my be deposited within the member 15 I provide each member 15 with knife members 18, one at the top and one at the bottom thereof as is clearly shown.

It is thought from the foregoing that the operation of my invention is obvious and that a detail description thereof would be unnecessary.

It is thought that the advantages and novel features of my device will be appreciated from the above.

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of the sub-ioined claim.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device of the character described comprising a body portion having a pair of upward divergent hollow members connected to the sides thereof, upwardly and outwardly extending hollow arms continuing from said members, knife members secured to the upper outer edges of said arms, the outer edges of said arms being secured in parallelism with the sides of the body portion, a bracing rod having its outer extremities upturned and secured to the upper sides of said arms, and standards secured to the bottom of said arms adjacent the sides thereof, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. v

DALLAS F. KELLER. Witnesses:

ORA TEALE, W. MIOHOLSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

